Marvin Brown Collins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR303rd BG - 358th BS
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Collided with another a/c and crashed near Irthlingborough, Northhamptonshire during form up for a mission to Ascherleben, Germany on 22-Feb-44 in B-17 42-38041 'Hells Angels II'. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19105839 / O-802157
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Angels II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Wayne, TN | 11 November 1922 | Son of John A Collins. |
Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 18 January 1943 | Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia |
Died |
Irthlingborough, Northhamptonshire, UK | 22 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Anderson Bunch Cemetery Perry County, TN | Anderson Bunch Cemetery Perry County, Tennessee | |
Based |
Molesworth | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 85., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces